1SceneViewer(1) General Commands Manual SceneViewer(1)
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6 SceneViewer - 3d editor and viewer for Inventor scenes
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9 SceneViewer [-e env_file] [file]
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12 SceneViewer is a program for viewing and interacting with Inventor
13 scene graph files (the SGI 3D file format standard). SceneViewer was
14 written to demonstrate Inventor features, and serves as the basis for
15 the IRIS Explorer Render Module.
16 When SceneViewer is run, a window appears containing the Inventor exam‐
18 iner viewer and a menu bar. The viewer allows the user to interactively
19 change the view of the scene through direct manipulation, or indirect
20 slider and push button controls. The menu bar contains the following
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22 File
24 This menu supports file reading and writing, and launches a dia‐
25 log for printing to a printer or to PostScript file.
26 Edit
28 This menu enables copy and paste of 3D data, selecting all
29 objects, and deleting the currently selected objects.
30 Viewing
32 This menu controls viewing options. It allows different viewing
33 paradigms to be employed: the examiner viewer which provides a
34 virtual trackball interface, the fly-through viewer for travel‐
35 ing through expansive data sets, the walk viewer for architec‐
36 tural walk-throughs, and the plane viewer for orthographic pro‐
37 jections. The menu also enables different types of trans‐
38 parency, fog effects, antialiasing, and background color con‐
39 trols.
40 Selection
42 This menu allows the different selection policies to be demon‐
43 strated. A selection policy determines how objects get added
44 and removed from the collection of selected objects.
45 Editors
47 This menu launches the material editor and transform sliders.
48 An object must be selected for the menu to be active.
49 Manips
51 This menu allows different manipulators to act on the current
52 selection, including the trackball, handle box, jack, center
53 ball, and transform box. Manipulators can also be turned off,
54 in which case selected objects are surrounded with a red wire‐
55 frame box highlight.
56 Lights
58 This menu allows directional, point, and spot lights to be cre‐
59 ated and edited. It also allows lights to be turned on and off.
60 For more information on how to use the viewers and editors employed by
62 the scene viewer, please see SceneViewer's runtime help cards.
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65 Note that the source code to SceneViewer comes with the Open Inventor
66 3d Toolkit.
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69 The following command line options are allowed:
70 -e env_file
72 Read the passed environment file, and use the lights, camera,
73 and environment settings found there.
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76 /usr/share/data/models/* - Sample 3D data files /usr/share/src/Inven‐
77 tor/demos/SceneViewer/* - Source to SceneViewer
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80 drop, gview, inventor, ivcat, ivview, maze, noodle, qmorf, revo, show‐
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